One and more Theses about Design
We are happy to present Frank Zebner’s remarkable lecture he has held at the conference German Design: Shaping the Future Today on Oct 2nd, 2012 in San Francisco.
BraunPrize 2012: “Genius design for a better everyday”
How to design a walking stick for Dieter Rams? – This was probably not exactly the question Sebastian Reichel investigated when he designed his flexible walking aid for elderly people. Still, when the young industrial designer presented the concept of “Agil” during the final voting ceremony of the BraunPrize 2012, recently held in Kronberg, the […]
Magic Design Thinking
It seemed truly magic what a couple of white haired men told in the center of a circus tent, set up on the campus of the University of Potsdam in the end of September. “There are group dynamics and a fun factor which release energies of which we still do not know where they come […]
Symposium “German Design: Shaping the Future Today” in San Francisco on October, 2, 2012
Don’t miss the West Coast’s design event of the year. Listen to and interact with Germany’s top designers and discuss the challenges and future of contemporary design. The symposium will take place in the Bechtel Conference Center at PPIC, San Francisco, on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The program starts at 1:30 pm. Save the date […]
Go East!
Go China – this is one of last year’s biggest trends for German design agencies. Consequently, in 2011 companies like Atelier Markgraph, Triad and Designaffairs established their branches in the Middle Empire. On the other hand more and more Chinese companies hire German designers these days. To learn about the economic possibilities and chances in China […]
GIN4B Supports Networking Reception for Members of German Parliament
On February 14th, GIN4B invited to a networking reception at the German Consulate General in San Francisco. Peter Rothen, German Consul General, hosted this event for Members of the German Parliament who flew in from Berlin for a fact-finding mission on “Internet and Digital Society”. Thomas Jarzombek, Sebastian Blumenthal, Herbert Behrens, Dr. Reinhard Brandl, Lars […]
Designers in Dialogue: The Influence of Dieter Rams
The Architecture and Design Forum (A+D) of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) invited to a panel discussion about Dieter Rams’ influence on the work of several prominent Bay Area designers. The panel consisted of Designers Yves Behar (Founder of Fuseproject), Michael DiTullo (Creative Director at Frog Design), Cathy Bailey (Heath Ceramics) and […]
Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
At the 2011 Motor Show, GIN4B had the opportunity to meet with design experts and business leaders form all over the world. Stefanie attended the Automotive Designer’s Night, the trade show’s kick-off event for the international car design community, with leading car designers like Adrian van Hooydonk (BMW), Stefan Sielaff (Audi), Gorden Wagener (Mercedes Benz), […]
Symposium “Less and More” with Dieter Rams and Prof. Klaus Klemp
GIN4B was initiator and key organizer of the symposium “Less and More – German Design Reconsidered”, held at the Goethe-Institut in San Francisco on August 26th 2011. The exclusive event brought together leading German and American creatives, design-orientated businesses as well as cultural and governmental representatives and was supported by the German American Chamber of Commerce, the […]
Symposium: Less and More – German Design Reconsidered
The exclusive evening symposium will bring together leading German and American creatives, design-orientated businesses as well as cultural and governmental representatives. The event will start with a keynote by Professor Klaus Klemp, Head of Exhibition at the Museum of Applied Art in Frankfurt and Co-curator of the exhibition “Less and More – The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams”, which […]